CARTRID

GE
SANDIP KUMAR SINGH
ROLL - 124

Acartridge packages
thebullet,gunpowderandprimerinto a single
metallic case precisely made to fit the firing
chamber of a firearm.

1.SHOTGUN
CARTRIDGE

2.RIFLE
CARTRIDGE

SHOTGUN CARTR
IT CONSISTS OF A
METAL CYLINDER
WHICH IS
CONTINUOUS WITH A
CARDBOARD OR
PLASTIC CYLINDER
THE CASE IS RIMMED
WHICH KEEPS THE
CARTRIGE CORRECTLY
IN THE CHAMBER AND
FACILITATES
EXTRACTION.

CASE
1.KEEPS THE VARIOUS
COMPONENTS IN
PLACE
2.PREVENTS THE
BACKWARD ESCAPE
OF GASES
3.PROVIDES
WATERPROOF
CONTAINER FOR GUN

THE LENGTH OF
CARTRIDGE VARIES FROM 5
TO 7 CMS

FILLING OF CARTRIDGE
FROM BASE ARE :1.PERCUSSION CAP
2.GUN POWDER
3.FELT WAD WITH
CARDBOARD DISC
4.THE SHOT
5.RETAINING CARDBOARD
DISC

WADS
TYPES
GLAZED BOARD
STRAW BOARD
PLASTIC
CORK
FELT
ETC

WADS
SHAPE
DISC SHAPED
CUP SHAPED
BIZZARE SHAPED

WADS
THE DIAMETER OF
WADDING USED IN THE
CARTRIDGE IS GREATER
THAN THAT OF THE BORE
OF THE GUN.
WAD ACTS AS THE PISTON
AND SEALS THE BORE
COMPLETELY THUS
PREVENTING THE
EXPANDING GASES FROM
ESCAPING AND

WADS
THE WAD CONTAINS
GREASE WHICH
LUBRICATES THE BORE
AFTER FIRING OF EACH
ROUND

THE GUN POWDER IS

PROTECTED FROM GREASE
BY THIN GREASE PROOF
CARD WAD

SHOT
THE SHOT CONSISTS OF
SEVERAL HUNDRED SMALL
LEAD SHOTS .
NUMBER DEPENDS ON :THE SIZE OF THE LOAD
SIZE OF THE INDIVIDUAL
PELLET

RIFLE CARTRIDGE

IT HAS A METAL
CYLINDER WITH A FLAT
BASE WHICH PROJECTS
AS A RIM

RIMLESS CARTRIDGE
HAS AN EXTRACTOR
GROOVE NEAR THE
BASE.

PRIMER CUP IS FITTED

IN THE CENTER OF THE
BASE

THE CARTRIDGE CASE

IS ELONGATED AND ITS
DISTAL END TIGHTLY
GRIPS THE BASE OF
THE BULLET

IN MANY BULLETS
CIRCUMFERENTIAL
GROOVE CALLED
CANNELURE IS
PRESENT.

PRIMER
RIFLE AND PISTOL
PRIMERS ARE SMALL
METAL CUPS
CONTAINING PRIMING
MIXTURE AND AN
ANVIL

PRIMER
THE BLOW OF FIRING
PIN ON THE PRIMER
CUP CRUSHES THE
PRIMING MIXTURE
AGAINST THE ANVIL
CENTER AND BURNS IT
,WHICH THEN FLASHES
THROUGHT THE FLASH
HOLES AND BURNS
THE POWDER

PRIMER
IN RIFLE CARTRIDGE
PRIMER CUP IS FITTED
IN BATTERY CUP.
THE BATTERY CUP
SUPPORTS THE ANVIL
AND PROVIDES FLASH
HOLES

GUN POWDER

BLACK POWDER

SMOKELESS POWDER

BLACK POWDER

POTASSIUM NITRATE 75%

SULPHUR 10%
CHARCOAL 15%

BLACK POWDER
IT IS DESIGNATED AS
FG,FFG,FFFG
THE MORE NUMBER OF Fs ,
THE FINER ARE THE GRAINS
AND THE FASTER THEY BURN
IT BURNS WITH
PRODUCTION OF HEAT
,FLAME AND SMOKE
1 GRAM OF POWDER

SMOKELESS POWDER
THEY PRODUCE MUCH LESS
SMOKE AND FLAME AND ARE
MORE COMPLETELY BURNT THAN
BLACK POWDER
1 GRAM PRODUCES 12000 TO
13000 CC OF GASES
THE COLOUR VARIES FROM
BRIGHT ORANGE TO BLUISH BLACK

BULLETS
THE TRADITIONAL BULLET IS MADE OF SOFT
METAL AND HAS A ROUNDED NOSE .
THE METAL USED IS LEAD
THE MISSILE IS THE COMMON BULLET USED IN
PISTOLS AND RIFLES.
IN PISTOL THE BULLET IS SHORT AND THE POINT
IS ROUNDED
IN RIFLES THE BULLET IS ELONGATED AND
POINTED

BULLETS
JACKETED BULLETS ARE OF TWO TYPES :
1.FULL METAL JACKET BULLET

2. THE SEMI-JACKETED BULLET

FULL METAL JACKET

BULLET
COVERING IS MADE WITH TOUGH AND HEAVY
JACKET COVERS
BASE HAS SOFT METAL INTERIOR
THE TOUGH METAL MAY BE MADE OF
STEEL,ZINC,COPPER,NICKEL

SEMI-JACKETED BULLET
IT HAS A TOUGH JACKET BUT THINNER
COMPARED TO FULL METAL JACKET BULLET

THE NOSE IS FULLY OR PARTLY EXPOSED

A DUMDUM BULLET IS ONE WHICH FRAGMENTS

EXTENSIVELY UPON STRIKING

INCENDIARY BULLETS CONTAIN PHOSPHORUS SO

IT CATCHES FIRE ON HITTING THE TARGET

FRANGIBLE BULLET IS MADE OF METAL WHICH

FRAGMENTS ON STRIKING

MECHANISM OF DISCHARGE OF
PROJECTILE
TRIGGER IS PULLED
FIRING PIN STRIKES THE PRIMER CAP
THE PRIMING EXPLODES
SENDS FLASH TO THE POWDER
FILLED CASE
POWDER CHARGE BURNS
LARGE AMT OF GAS PRODUCED

MECHANISM OF DISCHARGE OF
PROJECTILE
THE CARTRIDGE CASE SWELL
OUTWARDS
HOLD ON THE BULLET IS RELEASED
BULLET IS FORCED INTO THE BARREL
THE
IS FOLLOWED
BY
THEBULLET
BLAST OF HIGLY
COMPRESSED HOT
GAS
THE PARTICALS OF POWDER
SMOKE,FLAME AND FRAGMENTS OF METAL AND GREASE

I KEEEL

THANK